The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-22
FEMININE GOSSIP.
Seasonabie Dress Novelties Approved by
the World Of Fashion.

60ae0nable Dress Novelties Approved by
the World of Fashion.
A variation on the plush wraps SO
popular Just now is to have the outside
of cashmere edged with fur and the
lining Of plush Of a contrasting shade.
A pretty one is of pale brown, edged
with brown fur and lined with emerald
green plush.
A novelty in cloth for long coats Is
called shadow cloth" 1t is soft and
furry on the reversible side, but
smooth, in dark brown, green and
Gobelin blue shades. covered with fig
ures in shadow or only seen in certain
lights. A fchu collar of light, long
fur and muff to match are the FASH
ionable accompaniment to these
cloaks.
An economical use can be made Of
the lace dresses made up last summer
over black silk which have lost their
freshness by putting them over cheap
silk Of some evening shade. either
rich red, bright blue or yellow. they
make charming toilets for unceremo-
NOUS occasions, and the lace being over
color. docs not show its loss of fresh
ness.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland wears
to her classes every day in Mrs. sylvia
nus Reeds school demi-trained black
wool gown without trimming or
drapery; the bodice isplain and point
ed in front. with puff sleeves aud
Medici collar. Her hair is dressed
high in puffs, held with tall comb
and few loose locks on her brow, and
she looks like an old-timc chatelaine.
Curled lambs wool is something like
Astrakhan. but Is much softer and
finer and more expensive It is much
used in Its natural white tint for trim
ming evening and opera cloaks. and is
shown in brown, black and gray for
street wear Several of the imported
London tailor gowns are of Lincoln
green. trimmed with black lambs
wool These have usually.a muff to
match made entirely of the fur, while
the little. low English toquc of green
velvet is trimmed with it.
''Mufllom'' and Labrador" are tho
new names for fur. The Labrador is
a rich brown llr. with deep pile, not
glossy, and very suitable for trimming
brown cloth or velvet. A brown
COSTUME has a plain skirt Of velvet. on
which band of Labrador fur foot
and half wide is set on about two
inches from the edge. The short brown
drapery and bodice are of smooth-faced
cloth, and velvet wrap is trimmed
with the fur. Both muff and velvet
toque also have fur border.
In evening dress it has become very
much the fashion to vail the neck and
arms with tulle. A single thickness
does not conceal them at all, but adds
much to the appearance Of whiteness
and smoothness SO greatly to be de-
sired. The sleeves IRE of one thick
ness, made perfectly plain and edged
where they finish slightly below the eli
| bows with bit of lace laid on fiat.
The shoulders are vailed with it by
| tucking two narrow breadths Of the
tulle into the corsagc behind and
crossing and tucking the ends in front.
A new use for camels hair shawls is
to cut them into long dolmans. These
are wadded with a layer of gray cot
ton wadding and lined with heavy silk.
They are most effective when the
shawl is made entirely of mosaic with
out the plain center, but very hand
some evening wrap is composed of one
whose center is creamy white from
age, with much red In the border. 1t
was lined with white silk and so cut
that the scarlet border and fringe
formed the edge of the cloak, which
also had long fichu collar of the
| same.-N T. World.